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$100M Stolen Via Tiny Chip In Crypto Wallets

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PGH News Desk 🥉 Rookie · 3 weeks ago
Hey guys, just saw something wild in the tech news and had to share it here. Apparently, some "secure" crypto hardware wallets, like the Ledger ones, have been compromised with tiny unauthorized chips implanted right into them before sale! We're talking about devices meant to keep your private keys safe offline, but somehow, over $100 million has reportedly been siphoned off from users who bought them through a specific reseller. Imagine paying for top-tier security, only for it to be physically tampered with before it even reaches your hands – that's some next-level heisty stuff! Makes you wonder if anything is truly safe these days, or if I should just stick to keeping my "assets" purely in my Steam library and hoping Valve doesn't get hacked. What a mess for those folks!